Title: HELP – Single.php post order differs from referrer
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# HELP – Single.php post order differs from referrer

 *  Resolved [emelgosa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emelgosa/)
 * (@emelgosa)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-singlephp-post-order-differs-from-referrer/)
 * I am creating a template from scratch for the first time and am having issues
   getting single.php to follow the order of the referral page. For example, I have
   a page template that lists all posts in a specific order. Each list item links
   to the single post, from single.php I want to browse through the posts in the
   same order. This is what I have so far.
 * page-portfolio.php contains the following:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /*
        Template Name: Portfolio
        */
        get_header(); 
   
       //SET QUERY ARGS, using custom post-type and order.
        $type = 'emid_portfolio';
        $args=array(
         'post_type' => $type,
         'orderby' => 'title',
         'order' => 'ASC',
         'post_status' => 'publish',
         'posts_per_page' => -1,
         'caller_get_posts'=> 1
       );
   
       //INIT QUERY
       query_posts( $args );
   
       //INIT LOOP
       	if (have_posts()) :
       		while (have_posts()) : the_post();
   
       //OUTPUT LOOP CONTENTS
       			echo='<a href="'.the_permalink().'">
       						'.the_title().'
       				</a>';
       		endwhile; //have_posts() : the_post()
       	endif; //have_posts()
       wp_reset_query();
       get_footer();
   
       ?>
       ```
   
 * and then single.php looks like this:
 *     ```
       <?php
   
       /**
        * The template for displaying all single posts.
        */
   
       get_header(); ?>
       	<div id="single" class="site-content">
   
       		<?php
       		if (have_posts()) :
       			while (have_posts()) : the_post();
       			?>
       				<h3 class="float-left"><?php the_title() ?></h3>
   
       					<div class="nav-single float-right">
       						<?php
       						previous_post_link('%link','<span class="port-nav prev"></span>');
       						echo '<a href="'.get_site_url().'"><span class="port-nav main"></span></a>';
       						next_post_link('%link','<span class="port-nav next"></span>');
       						?>
       					</div><!-- .nav-single -->
       					<div class="clear"></div>
   
       			<?php
       			endwhile; // have_posts
       		endif;
       		?>
       	</div><!-- #single -->
   
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 * I’ve tried creating a new WP_Query() as well as modifying the main query as done
   above with query_posts(). The page or category order changes but not the single.
   php order. I’ve also tried using:
 *     ```
       //Modify Posts Order
       function modify_query_order( $query ) {
           if( $query->is_main_query() ){
           	$query->set( 'orderby', 'title');
               $query->set( 'order', 'asc' );
           }
       }
       add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'modify_query_order' );
       ```
   
 * in conjunction with archives.php. The order changes in the archives list but 
   not in the menu when in single.php Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 * Thank you.

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 *  [Hariprasad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hariprasadprolanx/)
 * (@hariprasadprolanx)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-singlephp-post-order-differs-from-referrer/#post-3897701)
 * Are you facing problem with next and previous link in single.php? If yes, Check
   following link [http://codex.wordpress.org/Next_and_Previous_Links](http://codex.wordpress.org/Next_and_Previous_Links).
   That may helpful.
 *  Thread Starter [emelgosa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emelgosa/)
 * (@emelgosa)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-singlephp-post-order-differs-from-referrer/#post-3897711)
 * Below is a quote from the link you sent me.
 * > “The other set of navigational aids for moving through your site control the
   > next post and previous post links typically found at the bottom of your single/
   > permalink post, such as any single post or article you have published on your
   > site. **These direct the user to move to the next or previous post in chronological
   > order.**“
 * My problem is that I’d like the next and previous link to follow the order provided
   in the previous query, however, the problem is that it ends up showing the single
   posts in chronological order. Any ideas on how to fix this?
 *  [Hariprasad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hariprasadprolanx/)
 * (@hariprasadprolanx)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-singlephp-post-order-differs-from-referrer/#post-3897713)
 * Did you see the last section of the url that i sent to you, there is a code like
 *     ```
       <?php
       $pagelist = get_pages('sort_column=menu_order&sort_order=asc');
       $pages = array();
       foreach ($pagelist as $page) {
          $pages[] += $page->ID;
       }
   
       $current = array_search(get_the_ID(), $pages);
       $prevID = $pages[$current-1];
       $nextID = $pages[$current+1];
       ?>
   
       <div class="navigation">
       <?php if (!empty($prevID)) { ?>
       <div class="alignleft">
       <a href="<?php echo get_permalink($prevID); ?>"
         title="<?php echo get_the_title($prevID); ?>">Previous</a>
       </div>
       <?php }
       if (!empty($nextID)) { ?>
       <div class="alignright">
       <a href="<?php echo get_permalink($nextID); ?>"
        title="<?php echo get_the_title($nextID); ?>">Next</a>
       </div>
       <?php } ?>
       </div><!-- .navigation -->
       ```
   
 * I think we can specify the order of next and previous post link like this. Hope
   this will help you..
 *  Thread Starter [emelgosa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emelgosa/)
 * (@emelgosa)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-singlephp-post-order-differs-from-referrer/#post-3897723)
 * Thank you,
 * I used that in unison with smarter navigation plugin and it works.
 * I also found that if you use a custom post order plugin it does a similar thing
   because it resets the default order of everything. I was trying to do this with
   pre_post_order but it didn’t seem to apply. I’ll have to do some more research
   on how the plugins do it but for now, this will work.
 * Thanks for all your help,
 * Eric.
 *  [Hariprasad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hariprasadprolanx/)
 * (@hariprasadprolanx)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-singlephp-post-order-differs-from-referrer/#post-3897728)
 * Good luck..

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